More than 800 people stranded in Da Nang return to Ha Noi
VGP - Four flights brought the people who were stranded in Covid-19 hotspot Da Nang to Ha Noi, according to the Danang Tourism Department.
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All passengers and flight crew will wear protective clothing and have their temperatures checked before getting on the plane. The planes will be disinfected after they deplane.
National flag carrier Viet Nam Airlines and budget carrier Vietjet Air transported the passengers on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
From August 11 to 13, 828 people stranded in the pandemic-hit city Da Nang, who have all tested negative for coronavirus, arrived in Ha Noi on four flights, according to the Danang Tourism Department.
On August 12, 413 passengers returned on two flights of Vietnam Airlines. The first flight carrying 207 people took off at 11:30am.
On August 13, two Vietjet flights carry the remaining 415 passengers to Ha Noi.
The tourists have had to remain in Da Nang since July 28 when it went into a semi-lockdown and suspended all means of transportation in and out of the city.
Da Nang is now Viet Nam's Covid-19 epicenter. It recorded the country's first domestic Covid-19 case on July 25 after a 99-day streak without community transmission.
Since Ha Noi has not asked for tests to be done before people aboard the plane, the returnees will be tested in the quarantine zone (in the capital city).
Nearly 1,700 visitors, mainly from Ha Noi and HCMC, are reportedly stuck in Da Nang, a top tourist attraction in central Vietnam.
Since July 25, the nation has recorded 389 domestic cases in 15 cities and provinces, all of them linked to Da Nang.
As of August 12, the coutry confirmed 866 Covid-19 infection cases./.- The Hanoitimes
